Hay-rake.



No. 770,009. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.. M. R. JENKINS.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13, 190a.

INVENTOR Patented. September 13, 1904..

PATENT OFFICE.

MARION R. JENKINS, OF BROWNING, MISSOURI.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,009, datedSeptember 13, 1904.

Application filed March 18, 1903- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that], MARION R. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Browning, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rakes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheeled hay-rakes; and it consists in thenovel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the rake. Fig. 2 isa planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail.

A is a rake head or frame provided with teeth a.

B represents the ground-wheels which support the rake-head, and b b aredraft attachments of any approved construction.

0 is a lifting frame which is pivoted to the rake-head by pins 0. Thisframe C is preferably triangular in form, and it is provided with acaster-wheel D under its rear part, which is the apex of the triangularframe.

E is a jumper-bar secured in an inclined position to the middle part ofthe frame (1 in front of the caster-wheel. This bar is preferablyprovided with a runner c for bearing on the ground; but it may have anyapproved equivalent device in place of the runner. This shoe or runnerbeing arranged in front of the wheel D acts as a safeguard to preventthe breaking or hanging up of the said wheel. The shoe or runner doesnot come in contact with the ground when raking on level ground; but assoon as the wheel-D drops into a depression the shoe comes in contactwith the ground and carries the frame C.

F is a frame or bracket secured to the middle part of the rake-head.Trusses f and f extend between the top of the said bracket and the endportions of the rake-head. These Serial No. 147,652. (No model.)

trusses are close together at the bracket and incline downwardly to theend portions of the frame. The front truss, f, also inclines forwardlyat each end, and the rear truss, f, inclines rearwardly at each end, sothe frame is securely braced by the diverging trussrods and cannot betwisted by the weight of the load of hay which accumulates on the teeth.

G is the seat for the driver, carried by the lifting frame C.

H is the lifting-bar, which is pivoted at its front end to the top ofthe bracket F by a pin IL and which has notches h in its rear endportion.

I is an operating-lever pivoted to a notched quadrant 2', which issecured to the frame 0.

J is a catchor trigger which connects the lever I with the quadrant. Thelever I is connected with either of the notches it of the lifting-bar bymeans of a spring-pressed catchbolt c", which can be moved from onenotch 'to another, so as to vary the lift of the rakecaster-wheel fromdropping into the ditch by striking the opposite bank of the ditch. Thepeculiar arrangement of the truss-rods, one of which is in tension andthe other in compression, causes the rake-head to be very stronglybraced, and the rake can be used on rough and uneven ground withoutbeing twisted and racked to pieces.

What I claim is In a hay-rake, the combination, with a wheeled rakehead, and a wheeled lifting frame pivoted to it; of a bracket secured tothe middle part of the rake-head, tWo inclined and In testimony whereofI afllx my signature in diverging trusses having their middle partspresence of two Witnesses. arranged near together and secured to thesaid bracket and their end portions spread apart 5 and secured to theend portions of the rake- Witnesses:

head, and a lifter-bar connected with the said ALTA OWEN, bracket. 0. E.MURPHY.

MARION R. JENKINS.

